You'd think I'ye been on earth long enough not to be affected by the summertime change of timing, but it feels as though I've lost a whole nights' sleep and the ensuing day has been completely out of sync. - it's all in the mind you know ! If only the mind was in good working order..... The same with singing - you need to let go of intellect and BREATHE naturally for the voice to work NATURALLY !!! That sounds like an obvious remark, but it's more tricky than one realises to stop thinking that singing is as easy as just talking .....it really is, and if we "overtalk" it's tooooo much. Then we come to enunciation - why do we overexaggerate our speech mode to sing ? "HaaaLLoooowww, hooouuuoooooooow aaaaaaaaaare yoooooooooooooooooouw " instead of "Hallo, how are you? ". Know what I mean...?? My time here in Stockholm is almost finished (aaaaaah) and I return to England on the 2nd. of April - only to be whisked off to Paris on the 4th. April to breathe with Rosalind Plowright, the distinguished English singer, in a Dallapiccolo piece at the Palais Garnier - quite a contrast to Anna Larsson in her extraordinary Orphee, and Goran in his embryonic "Poet" - who knows where they will go from here, all avenues are open - toi, toi, toi to both.... variety IS the spice of life ...I'm gonna miss them and their gorgeous boys, Axel and August xxxx- not forgetting Mussi, the happy hund x!
The bones in my left cheek are responding much better in finding my "ping" again, and it all feels much more secure now - I can go on to new sensations and help others with theirs! The most encouraging development on this visit has been the excitement of Anna and Goran moving into new areas of phonation - the less they do the more spectacular are the results, and it is quite frustrating to other singers who can't undrestand how they do it - it's just - MAGIC - TOLD YOU SO - NA NA NANA NA....Yes, I know I'm a boring cow ---- moooooooooo - ! Have fun and k..p b.......n xxx
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